12:17 AM,
May 6, 2013

PRCC pitcher Ryan Deemes won both games of the Wildcats' sweep of Itawamba in the MACJC baseball playoffs Saturday and Sunday.

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POPLARVILLE - When Ryan Deemes watched the first pitch of the game get up in the wind and sail over the left field fence, he had to be thinking that it might be the start of a long day.

But the Pearl River right-hander settled down after a rough start, and the Wildcats rewarded him by turning up the offense Sunday afternoon as they bombed Itawamba 11-4 in the second game of the MACJC state baseball playoffs at Wildcat Stadium.

The win, the Wildcats' 14th straight, completed a sweep of the Indians in the best-of-three series, and moved ninth-ranked Pearl River (38-10) into the State Tournament, which ...